William Lloyd (bishop of Worcester)

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Not to be confused with William Lloyd (bishop of Norwich).

Lichfield and Coventry and Worcester
Installed1689
Personal details
Born(1627-08-18)18 August 1627
Tilehurst, Berkshire
Died30 August 1717(1717-08-30) (aged 90)
Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire
Buriedchurch of Fladbury, near Evesham, Worcestershire
DenominationChurch of England
Parentsfather Richard Lloyd, grandfather David Lloyd of Henblas, Anglesey.
Childrenat least one son
Alma materOriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford

William Lloyd (18 August 1627 – 30 August 1717) was an

Lichfield and Coventry and of Worcester
.

Life

Lloyd was born at

lord-almoner, in 1692 bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and in 1699 bishop of Worcester.[3] As Bishop of Lichfield, he rebuilt the diocesan residence at Eccleshall Castle, which had been destroyed in the Civil War.[4]

Lloyd was an indefatigable opponent of the

seven bishops who, for refusing to have the Declaration of Indulgence read in his diocese, was charged with publishing a seditious libel against the king.[3] However, he was acquitted in 1688, which was one of the events that lead to the fall of James II.[citation needed
]

He engaged

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, William Whiston, and John Evelyn the diarist. Lloyd was a staunch supporter of the Glorious Revolution.[3]

He lived to the age of ninety-one and died at Hartlebury Castle on 30 August 1717. He was buried in the church of Fladbury, near Evesham in Worcestershire, of which his son was rector and where a monument is erected to his memory with a long inscription.[5][6]

Works

  • His chief publication was An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland when they first received the Christian Religion (London, 1684, reprinted Oxford, 1842).[3]
  • He added a revised version of
    Authorised Version of the Bible, published in folio, under the direction of archbishop Tenison.[5]

References

  1. ^ Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Nash Ford Publishing.
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Lloyd-Lytton
  3. ^ a b c d  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lloyd, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 832.
  4. ^ "Eccleshall Castle". Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b Chalmer's Biography 1812, William Lloyd (1627–1717); vol. 20, p. 347; majority text
    http://words.fromoldbooks.org/Chalmers-Biography/l/lloyd-william.html (Retrieved 5 March 2011 13:17:17)
    Note: This reference was used to update some data in the info box above also.
  6. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16860. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Bangor
1673–1680 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of St Asaph
1680–1692 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

1692–1699 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Worcester
1699–1717 		Succeeded by
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